Question
What lowest terms fraction is equal to 0.85?
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To express 0.85 as a fraction, you can start by recognizing that 0.85 can be written as:
\[
0.85 = \frac{85}{100}
\]
Next, we simplify the fraction \(\frac{85}{100}\) by finding the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the numerator and denominator. The GCD of 85 and 100 is 5.
Now, divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCD:
\[
\frac{85 \div 5}{100 \div 5} = \frac{17}{20}
\]
Thus, the fraction that is equal to 0.85 in lowest terms is:
\[
\frac{17}{20}
\]
\[
0.85 = \frac{85}{100}
\]
Next, we simplify the fraction \(\frac{85}{100}\) by finding the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the numerator and denominator. The GCD of 85 and 100 is 5.
Now, divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCD:
\[
\frac{85 \div 5}{100 \div 5} = \frac{17}{20}
\]
Thus, the fraction that is equal to 0.85 in lowest terms is:
\[
\frac{17}{20}
\]